PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUBGROUP ON POLICING AND JUSTICE MATTERS
Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 21 December 2006 in Room 135, Parliament Buildings.
In the Chair: William Hay
Present: Alex Attwood
Arlene Foster
Gerry Kelly
Danny Kennedy
Raymond McCartney
In Attendance: Martin Wilson (Principal Clerk)
Christine Darrah (Assembly Clerk)
Neil Currie (Assistant Clerk)
Sharon Young (Clerical Officer)
Observing: Brian Barrington (SDLP researcher)
Ciaran Kearney (Sinn Fein researcher)
Mark Neale (UUP researcher)
The meeting commenced at 2.33pm.
1. Apologies
Fred Cobain (Mr Kennedy attended the meeting as UUP representative in place of Mr Cobain)
Ian Paisley Jnr
Kathy Stanton (Mr McCartney attended the meeting as SF representative in place of Ms Stanton)
2. Declaration of Interests
Mr Kennedy declared the following interest: - member of the Policing Board.
3. Previous Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of 14 and 19 December 2006 were agreed.
4. Matters arising
Further information from the NIO
Members noted the further information provided by the NIO, which had been requested during the evidence session with officials on 14 December.
5. Consideration of the draft Report from the Subgroup on Policing and Justice matters
Members considered the draft report from the Subgroup on Policing and Justice matters to the Committee on the Programme for Government on a ‘paragraph-by-paragraph’ basis as follows:
| Front Page | Agreed |
| Membership and Terms of Reference | Agreed as amended |
| Introduction | |
| Paragraphs 1 to 7 | Agreed |
| Consideration of Policing and Justice Issues | |
| Paragraphs 8 to 11 | Agreed |
| Paragraph 12 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraphs 13 to 15 | Agreed |
| Paragraph 16 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraphs 17 to 19 | Agreed |
| Paragraph 20 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraphs 21 to 24 | Agreed |
| Paragraph 25 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraphs 26 to 27 | Agreed |
| Paragraph 28 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraphs 29 to 44 | Agreed |
| Paragraph 45 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraph 46 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraph 47 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraph 48 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraph 49 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraph 50 | Agreed as amended |
| Paragraphs 51 to 58 | Agreed |
| List of witnesses who gave oral evidence and other papers considered by the Subgroup |
Agreed |
| Conclusions | Agreed as amended |
| Executive Summary | Agreed as amended |
It was agreed that the party papers submitted to the Subgroup should be included in the report.
Members then agreed the report from the Subgroup on Policing and Justice matters to the Committee on the Programme for Government, subject to the amendments being made as agreed.
6. Minutes of the meeting of 21 December 2006
The Subgroup agreed that it was content for the Chairperson to approve the minutes of the meeting of 21 December, relevant to consideration of the report, to facilitate their inclusion in the report.
7. Date of Next Meeting
The Chairperson may, if he believes it necessary, call a meeting early in January 2007. Otherwise, the Subgroup will next meet at 1.00pm on Monday, 8 January 2007 in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings.
The meeting adjourned at 3.16pm.